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> gets no financial benefit for a c-section I don't think that's typical anywhere. The incentives they face are less concrete. It may be more inconvenient or u
by starcraft2wol 3y ago
> gets no financial benefit for a c-section
I don't think that's typical anywhere. The incentives they face are less concrete. It may be more inconvenient or uncomfortable for the doctor. If something goes wrong and there is a legal risk, it's difficult to retroactively justify not immediately changing strategies.
- goodpoint 3y agoIt's actually typical in some countries, and it's mean to avoid the conflict of interest around prevention VS selling treatments.
- Calavar 3y agoIn the US, C-sections reimburse higher than vaginal deliveries across the board. What's changed over the years is who gets the extra money from the C-section. It used to be the physician, but nowadays it is increasingly the hospital. The incentive to do C-sections over vaginal deliveries is still there, but it's transforming into a population level incentive (i.e. is the hospital structuring staffing and workflow in a way that favors C-sections) rather than an individual one (i.e. is a particular physician very trigger happy with C-sections).